You can now 'experience death' in virtual reality with disturbing new simulation

Invalid email Something went wrong, please try again later. Despite all the things science tells us about life, nobody really knows what it's like to experience death. Now a new virtual reality simulation tries to give people a taste of what it's like to die. You're asked to lie down on a fake hospital bed and hooked up to a heart rate monitor. Marcus Crook, a Melbourne local who also has an exhibit at the festival, explained what the VR death experience is really like.